Reviewer

Mel Gibson's Braveheart, one of the initial releases in Paramount's Sapphire series, is a Blu-ray that even the most demanding home theater fanatic would desire, and everything that Gladiator on Blu-ray should and could have been.

Braveheart, based upon the book by Randall Wallace, and visually told through the brilliant cinematography of John Toll, is extraordinary filmmaking. Beginning slowly, with a 16 minute prologue, the film doesn't really come into its own until past the 30 minute mark. Everything that sets up the story is necessary, and the deliberate pacing only strengthens what follows.

The message here is all extremely positive.

Braveheart was the winner of five Academy Awards inclusive of Best Picture. As a Blu-ray, it has a perfectly honed image, and audio presented in Dolby TrueHD. It is a Blu-ray experience of undeniable perfection.

This disc belongs in every serious cinema library.

Extremely Highly Recommended.

RAH

"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. This I did." T.E. Lawrence

Thanks for your thoughts on this disc, Mr. Harris. I'm really looking forward to picking this one up and screening it on my 52" Sony.

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The only suboptimal thing with the transfer seems to be an aliasing problem that is limited to the first 22 minutes (probably the first reel). After that it's gone. It's too small to be noticed unless you watch in 1080p and watch closely. I wonder how it happened and why only the first reel is affected.

Owner

Perhaps this is what you are talking about, but the only
problem I saw was several dark scenes that had a
"screen door" effect where it was as if you were watching
through a screen door.

One scene in particular is the love scene between Mel
Gibson and his newly married bride. Very dark and you
can clearly see the crosshair lines in the picture. Noticed
it also in a few other dark scenes throughout the film.

Also, had to go through two copies of BRAVEHEART,
both which would freeze up at the same exact point on
my Panasonic BD55.